> They *were* mowed down unceremoniously in the late 19th century. Didn't
> really stop them, despite worse violence than in Tsarist Russia. I doubt
> that kids with puppets would show the same tenacity. Not that I would,
> either.
I know they were, and they kept coming, as you say. Look at the faces of most of those kids in Pittsburgh -- they have no stomach for old school IWW action. They looked frightened and confused. Just where the state wants them, once they're cleared off the streets, that is.
Dennis